ST2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Stoke-on-Trent, Bentilee and Townsend, in Stoke-on-Trent.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an ST2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 19% of people in ST2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How ST2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ST2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ST2 at a rate of 110.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across the ST postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 343 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ST2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,699), anti-social behaviour (712) and other crime (616).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ST2 was 102.7 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in ST2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ST2 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ST2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke-on-Trent 007A | 1,481 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 70.9% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 007B | 1,496 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.0% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 007C | 1,340 | 26.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.0% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 007D | 1,485 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 007E | 2,329 | 67.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.4% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 007F | 1,440 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.6% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 012A | 1,549 | 130.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.6% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 012B | 1,600 | 110.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 012C | 1,956 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.4% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 012D | 1,322 | 107.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.5% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 012E | 1,452 | 180.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 014A | 1,650 | 183.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 014B | 1,267 | 139.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.6% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 014C | 1,489 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.2% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 014D | 1,444 | 199.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 014E | 1,217 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.3% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 014F | 1,577 | 102.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.4% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 017A | 1,724 | 135.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 017B | 1,660 | 123.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 017C | 1,575 | 222.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 017D | 1,779 | 186.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 017E | 1,700 | 116.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 017F | 2,011 | 166.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
MPs for ST2
- Gareth SnellLabour (Co-op)MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central74% of ST2’s postcodes
- David WilliamsLabourMP for Stoke-on-Trent North23% of ST2’s postcodes
- Dame Karen BradleyConservativeMP for Staffordshire Moorlands2.8% of ST2’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in ST24
Postcode sectors in ST24
Council1
Towns in ST21
Postcode districts next to ST25
Nearest rail stations2
More in the ST postcode area2
ST2 in brief
ST2 is a postcode district covering Stoke-on-Trent, Bentilee and Townsend, in Stoke-on-Trent.
About 36,401 people lived in ST2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £165,000 in 2025 across 369 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 110.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ST2 was £165,000 in 2025.
ST2 had 35,634 usual residents at the census.
About 19% of people in ST2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In ST2, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.